Germans in Korea

Germans in Korea

Ethnic group
|group=Germans in Korea
poptime=Total population not known
region1=flagcountry|South Korea
pop1=753 (2005)
ref1=cite news|url=http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200704/200704050010.html|publisher=The Chosun Ilbo|date=2007-04-05|accessdate=2007-08-17|title=A Little Corner of Overseas in Seoul]
region2=flagcountry|North Korea
pop2=Unknown
langs=German, Korean
rels=Christianity, others?
related-c=Germans

Germans in Korea have a long history, though they have never formed a very large population. A small number of Germans lived in Korea prior to the 1905 Eulsa Treaty, which deprived Korea of the right to conduct its own foreign relations; however, after its signing, German diplomats in Korea were required to leave the country. Many more private individuals had departed by the time of the 1910 Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. [cite web|url=http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~kneider/|publisher=Hankuk University of Foreign Studies|title=Germans in Korea prior to 1910|first=Hans-Alexander|last=Kneider|date=2007|accessdate=2007-05-31] However, when Hermann Lautensach visited Korea in 1933, there were still a handful living there, including an entire monastery of Benedictine monks near Wonsan, Kangwon. [cite journal|url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0363-6917(194605)5%3A3%3C330%3AGPOHLO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8|last=McCune|first=Shannon|title=Geographic publications of Hermann Lautensach on Korea|journal=The Far Eastern Quarterly|volume=5|issue=3|date=May 1946|pages=pp. 330–332|doi=10.2307/2049054|month=May|year=1946] Some Koreans settled in Germany during the 1960s and 1970s have begun returning to South Korea after retirement, bringing German spouses with them; this return migration has resulted in the creation of a "German Village" of roughly 75 households in South Gyeongsang's Namhae County. [cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/09/international/asia/09korea.html?ex=1281240000&en=34eff97d65494495&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss|first=Norimitsu|last=Onishi|date=2005-08-09|accessdate=2007-05-30|publisher=The New York Times|title=In a Corner of South Korea, a Taste of German Living] However, on the whole, the German population in South Korea is shrinking, with a decline of roughly 25% between 1999 and 2005.

Notable individuals

* Norbert Vollertsen, human rights activist

References


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